Few things are more American than Friday night high school football. For the star of a winning team, the world is, indeed, an oyster. So it was for the late Bobby Hoppe, Chattanooga Central High’s “living legend.” Hoppe’s hard... Read More

On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five children, one by one. The media seized on the horrific act, splashing pictures of the children across televisions and newsstands across the country. When it was revealed that Yates had been... Read More

There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir, We must rise and follow her; When from every hill of flame, She calls and calls each vagabond by name.—William Bliss Carman On the side of a deserted road in Central Florida in... Read More

“Speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, defend those who cannot defend themselves, and plead the cause of those in need.” — Proverbs 31:8-9 There are few issues more divisive than the question of when life begins. How one... Read More